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Chinese illegals arrested, Thai charged with sheltering them

The three Chinese men arrested for illegal entry while hiding in a village in Ubon Ratchathani. They were going to work for a scam gang, police said. (Photo: Kaosakonnakhon Facebook)

Three illegal Chinese immigrants hiding in a border village and waiting to be taken to work for phone-scam and online gambling gangs were arrested during police raids in Ubon Ratchathani province.

The Thai man who sheltered them was also arrested.

Teams of police, soldiers and local officials raided five border villages in Khemmarat and Pho Sai districts on Monday afternoon, acting on information that Chinese men who entered the country illegally were hiding there.

The operation was led by Ubon Ratchathani immigration chief Pol Col Chatchai…

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